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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Renaissance Explorers

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the motives behind the exploration of the "new world" during the Renaissance. Discusses the trading that took place between the "new world" and Europe and various riches offered in Mexico and Latin America.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: West African Kingdoms

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the impact of relationships between ideas, people, and events across time and place. To accomplish this, they recognize recurring themes and patterns...
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Curated OER

Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World, Vol. 1: Trade & Tradition: Lesson 5 Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
Five question quiz tests your knowledge of trade and traditions in ancient West Africa.
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African National Congress: The African Miners' Strike of 1946

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details the African Miners' Strike of 1946.
Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: Britain and the Scramble for Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly describes Britain's motivations for imperializing African regions. Includes the text of a speech given by Lord Cruzon entitled, "The True Imperialism."
Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: France in Western Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of French imperialist desires and holdings in Western Africa.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: African Voices: History

For Students 6th - 8th
Trace Africa's history from the earliest humans to modern times using this thematic timeline. Learn about African trade, religion, empires, and technology. Vibrant pictures are included for each time period showcasing the African culture.
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University of Calgary

Merchants and Traders: Kilwa

For Students 9th - 10th
The wealthy island city of Kilwa was the most important trade center that flourished along the East African Coast from the 1100s to the early 1500s.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Tropical Forest Foragers

For Students 9th - 10th
The term "tropical-forest foragers," or "pygmies," refers to ethno-linguistically diverse peoples distributed across the forested regions of Central Africa who are particularly short in stature and who traditionally have lived by...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Mamprusi

For Students 9th - 10th
The people now known as the "Mamprusi" occupy the East and West Mamprusi districts of northern Ghana. Agriculture and animal husbandry provide subsistence for most of the population. Sheep, goats, pigeons, fowl, and guinea foul are kept...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Ibibio

For Students 9th - 10th
The name "Ibibio" identifies the largest subdivision of people living in southeastern Nigeria, in Akwa Ibom State, and it is generally accepted and used for both ethnic and linguistic descriptions. Like their Igbo neighbors, the Ibibio...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Karaites Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
The majority of Karaites in Cairo worked as artisans -- primarily as gold- and silversmiths or engaged in trade or peddling. Some attained positions as doctors and lawyers or entered the commercial middle class. In Israel, most Karaites...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Okiek

For Students 9th - 10th
"Okiek" is the name of a Kenyan people who formerly lived by hunting game, making beehives, and gathering and trading honey; it is also the name of their language. The collective name "Okiek" includes over two dozen local groups, each...
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Slave Trade Routes

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Slave Trade Routes."
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: African Slave Trade

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "African Slave Trade."
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1858

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Map of Africa, 1879

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1884

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1885

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the African continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A political map of Africa, as it was in 1903, showing European land claims after the Berlin Conference in 1885. The lack of natural boundaries, that is, boundaries along rivers, mountains, or native lands, shows the European system of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, per the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows major cities and...

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